T-SQL Tuesday #73 Invitation – Naughty or Nice?
Hello Dear Reader! This is the first Tuesday of the month and you know what that means. It’s time to announce the T-SQL Tuesday Topic of the month! This...
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Top 3 Questions Before Submitting to a SQL Saturday
Hello Dear Reader! We are coming up upon the 9th SQL Saturday for Orlando. Orlando is where SQL Saturday began,...
2015-06-25
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Top 3 Questions Before Submitting to a SQL Saturday
Hello Dear Reader! We are coming up upon the 9th SQL Saturday for Orlando. Orlando is where SQL Saturday began, and the home to some pretty amazing speakers. We,...
2015-06-25
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Looking Out for Others Helps You Lead
I'm sitting on a plane. I'm in an exit row, still a big guy in a little seat. I go...
2015-01-22
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When the Problem is Not Them. It’s You.
Hello Dear Reader! I’ve been the Data Platform Management Lead at Pragmatic Works for almost two years now. It’s been...
2014-11-26
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PASS Summit 2014 Streaming Keynotes
Hello Dear Reader! It's that time of the year again, time for the PASS Summit and the streaming Keynote. Here...
2014-11-05
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Tales from the Query Processor III
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2014-10-31
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I'm an MVP
Hello Dear Reader! Two weeks ago I was very honored to be named a Microsoft SQL Server MVP. Since then...
2014-10-15
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#PASSVOTE 2014
Hello Dear Reader! The PASS Board of Director elections are upon us again. We have 3 spots open and 4...
2014-09-24
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Outstanding PASS Volunteer
Hello Dear Reader! In June this year I was recognized by PASS as with an Outstanding Volunteer Award. In an...
2014-09-15
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #198 Roundup: How Do You Detect Data Changes?
Thank you to everyone who participated in T-SQL Tuesday #198! When I wrote the...
Optimizing Redshift Performance by Configuring WLM Queues
Efficient query performance in Amazon Redshift often comes down to how well you manage...
PowerShell Strikes Back: Return of the Loop
By gbargsley
Welcome back to PowerShell Strikes Back. We’re three weeks in, and the training is...
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Dealing with huge heap tables
Recently, our dev teams approach me for advice on improving their huge heap table...
Merge Replication failing with Error converting data type nvarchar to numeric
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Why Your Index Isn't Being Used? - Reading Execution Plans to Find the Real Culprit
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Why Your Index Isn't Being...
Question of the Day
Distance Metric Algorithms
What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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